Amelia Ceja had professed her love for cooking with ingredients from her own garden since we met a year and a half ago. So on this trip I begged her to cook some traditional Mexican food for us. A most memorable evening was spent in her kitchen along with her mother in law, Juanita and the rest of the Ceja clan. From the slightly steamed fresh corn layered with cheese from Oaxaca Mexico, to the lightly cooked salmon and rice with cilantro - paired with their wines, the evening was perfect. All the boys played Bocci Ball while I walked in and out of the kitchen with a quesadilla or slices of freshly picked heirloom tomato.
The Ceja wines are hand crafted wines that are both subtle and made to pair with all kinds of foods. Unlike the usual high alcohol and fruit forward styled wines predominant in California, these wines exhibit a freshness and balance that is not easy to find.
Surrounded
by the Mayacamas
mountain range
in the horizon,
the bursts of evening light
from a receding sun
and the sound of grape leaves
rustling...
what else could a woman ask for?
1016 Las Amigas Road
Napa, CA 94559
tel: 707 255-3954
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